So I got a line on some fleeces, and possibly some other stuff. And yesterday, I set out to see what there was to be seen…
When I came home, the back of my car looked like this:
Yeah… once I got them out they were this: (There are 10 if you’re curious)
I wasn’t planning on buying white. Or at least not MUCH white. But then there was this. A ewe by the name of “Vera Wang” border leicester…
And really, how could I resist?
Well I wasn’t disappointed. I turned out the fleece on my handy dandy sheet and…
Pretty huh? Well look at this…
Impressive huh? Yeah, my hands aren’t huge, but that’s still abut 7 inches. So, because I couldn’t wait, I gave it a quick rinse, not even full heat water or a soak…
Mmmmm…
The other best fleece there was this one, “Cocoa” by name. Another Border Leicester
Gorgeous, huh?
I also got a Cotswold, a breed I’m terribly unfamiliar with
And a greyer Border Leicester
Then I picked up some Romney, ’cause it was softer than most romney I’m familiar with, and quite pretty. Soft durable sweaters, ideal!
And everything else was dark Romney. Much of it has a small amount of sun damage, but I skirted out the worst of it, and what remains shouldn’t be too bad.
And one more of these I managed to not photograph.
Very shiny, huh? I’ll be sending these off for processing tomorrow. ::squee::
While I was there I also took a look at some fiber arts tools.
I picked up this:
A “click reel” which clicks every 40(?) turns of the winder. Cute! Needs cleaning, but works great.
And I found these!
Some very nice Meck combs, so I could make my own top if I wanted to… say out of that white Border Leicester…
Aaaand this liiittle guy. Isn’t he cute?
He’s a Hatchtown Spinimal, so I’ve been told.
And finally, I got this:
A warping board, with a built in stand. These photos don’t do these things justice, the light was terrible and it makes the wood look all gross. But it’s not.
Also, I’m dyeing a bunch. Yay. My new scale STILL hasn’t arrived, and I STILL haven’t heard from the company, so we’re dragging big companies into the fray, namely Paypal and Ebay. Want my scale!
That’s about it for now. More posts to come soon. Going to have some sock size stitch markers soon, and crochet functionable ones.
~The Gnome
Oh. My. Bob. The shiny! My eyes! Hee, love the pic of your car stuffed full. And that was the *Border Leicester*?!?? Ooh, Vera’s fleece looks so silky. And all the rest, you know I’m bouncing. WIN, WIN, WIN!
LOL. And you thought you weren’t going to have a very large order going to the mill the first time… ::cackles::
fleeeeeeeeeeeeeeces
Want.
Yum! Cocoa is stunning.
Only Cotswold I’ve seen is pictures from the Save the Sheep project articles… it looks awfully short staple, so it might be a 6 month fleece. It is supposed to be more like Wenselydale (or Teeswater that isn’t like my oddities).
It’s *pretty* tho!
5 inches is… short? …dude.
wooooooooooooooooooooow! Love the coco & the “vera” all look fantastic. What a day!
10 fleeces? 10?!?! You shouldn’t be allowed out, young man!! Are you going to process it all yourself??
40 pounds of it was dropped off for processing.